Rory Beaton

Lighting Designer

Rory is a freelance lighting designer whose work spans West End, Regional and UK touring productions as well as projects overseas. He is the winner of the 2024 Broadway World Award for Best Lighting Design of “The Lord of the Rings”. He has also previously been nominated for the 2024 WhatsOnStage Award for his work on “The Time Traveller’s Wife”, a Knight of Illumination Award for his work on Così fan Tutte at Opera Holland Park and is a recipient of the Michael Northen Award, presented by the Association of Lighting Designers.

West End includes: The Time Traveller’s Wife Musical (Apollo); The Merchant of Venice 1936 (Criterion); For Black Boys... (Apollo & Garrick); Wild About You (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Death Drop: Back in the Habit (Garrick); I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change! (Coliseum); Teenage Armageddon (Garrick).

Other Theatre Includes:The Merchant of Venice 1936 (RSC & UK Tour); Jews. In Their Own Words & For Black Boys... (Royal Court); The Lord of the Rings, Kiss Me Kate, Spike (Watermill); Lovely Ugly City (Almeida); Unexpected Twist (UK Tour); The Jungle Book (Chichester); Half Empty Glasses, A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain, The Ultimate Pickle (Paines Plough); Spike (UK Tour); Dishoom! (UK Tour); Summer Holiday, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Bolton Octagon); Edward II (Cambridge Arts); West End Producer - Free Willy! (Cuffe & Taylor); The Blonde Bombshells of 1943, Summer Holiday (Pitlochry); 60 Miles by Road or Rail (Royal & Derngate).